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Deletion of both iclR and arcA in E. coli profoundly alters the central metabolic fluxes and decreases acetate excretion by 70%. In this study we investigate the metabolic consequences of both deletions in E. coli BL21 (DE3). No significant differences in biomass yields, acetate yields, CO2 yields and metabolic fluxes could be observed between the wild type strain E. coli BL21 (DE3) and the double-knockout strain E. coli BL21 (DE3) ΔarcAΔiclR. This proves that arcA and iclR are poorly active in the BL21 wild type strain. Noteworthy, both strains co-assimilate glucose and acetate at high glucose concentrations (10–15 g l−1), while this was never observed in K12 strains. This implies that catabolite repression is less intense in BL21 strains compared to in E. coli K12.
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This work was financially supported by the Special Research Fund (BOF) of Ghent University.
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Waegeman, H., Maertens, J., Beauprez, J. et al. Effect of iclR and arcA deletions on physiology and metabolic fluxes in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). Biotechnol Lett 34, 329–337 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-011-0774-6
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